Boy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite and was released on 20 October 1980 by Island Records. Boy contains songs from the band's 40-song repertoire at the time, including two tracks that were re-recorded from their original versions on the group's debut release, the EP Three.

Boy is the debut studio album by Irish rock band U2.

Boy was voted Best Album, Best Debut Album, and Best Album Sleeve in the Hot Press Irish National Poll Results. It peaked at No. 52 on the UK album charts and No. 63 on the US album charts. In the US, it was certified platinum by the RIAA. A digitally remastered edition of Boy was released in 2008.

“Boy” was U2’s first commercially released full length album. The album was recorded in 1980 in Dublin. Originally U2 had approached Martin Hannett, who produced “11 O’Clock Tick Tock,” to produce the “Boy” album as well.

U2's debut (1st) album, released on 20 October, 1980, by Island Records. Missing the final song, “Saturday Night.” Recorded in Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin,...

Boy by U2 released in 1980. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

Oct 20, 2024 · Boy was the album that laid the exciting ground rules for what U2 could be. It began the extraordinary journey of 14 studio records that saw the band maintain their highly productive and...

It’s not U2’s most hit-packed record, nor its most fully formed, but Boy may simply be the most U2-ish album U2 ever made: The sound of four musicians confused about where they’re going next, but supremely confident they’ll get there—a mindset that would come to define the band in the decades ahead.

Listen to Boy (Deluxe Edition) by U2 on Apple Music. 1980. 25 Songs. Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes.

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